TO TALK DOWN TO SOMEONE

Good day, and welcome back to the Daily Vitamin.

This week we have been learning expressions with the verb to talk. Today we look at two more expressions.

TO TALK SOME SENSE INTO SOMEONE
Meaning: to persuade someone to act in a sensible way.

Example 1: When I was a teenager, my mother tried to talk some sense into me about my clothes, but I refused to listen. I would only wear what I wanted to, which was usually very expensive and trendy.

TO TALK DOWN TO SOMEONE
Meaning: to talk to someone as if they were inferior or less intelligent than you.

Example 2: I can't stand Ronald from the finance department. I find he often talks down to anybody who hasn't been in the firm as long as he has. If you ask me, he's an arrogant know-it-all!

Tomorrow we will look at the noun form of talk.

To get some writing practice in English, I encourage you to write sentences with one or both of these phrases with TALK. You can post your writing to one of our social media sites (Facebook or Bluesky) and we will give you feedback about your writing ASAP.

Have a great day!